630 people attended the DC Gridiron gala dinner event. ALL of them were fully vaccinated. More than 10% of them came away from the event infected with COVID-19 including Vice-President Kamala Harris, Attorney General Merrick Garland, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and U.S. Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), and Susan Collins (R-Maine).
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/10/fauci-biden-covid-cases-spread-gridiron-dinner-washington.
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/covid-crush.
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